Chinese officials trained to handle social unrest

Thousands of Chinese police are being trained to deal with social unrest amid concerns that millions of rural workers who have been laid off due to a sharp economic downturn could take to the streets, the government said Monday.

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German police were bracing for more May Day violence today after demonstrators left over 50 riot police injured in Berlin and Hamburg during angry protests over the economic crisis.

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The chairman of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), Michael Sommer, warned recently in several interviews that the country faces "social unrest".

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When you're coasting along and financial growth seems to be the natural order of things, you can dream what you like.

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While the Global Economy struggles with financial catastrophe, earth moves on, and faster than scientific projections had foreseen, apparently. Polar and glacial melting is accelerating and ocean levels will likely rise by 1 meter (39.4 inches) over the next 92 years.

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More than a third of voters believe the Army will have to be brought in to deal with a "summer of rage" on British streets as the recession bites, a poll showed.

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In The Not Too Distant Future...

Associated Press Limited Release

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Little freedom created as a consequences of free market is creating more annoyance to the chinese government in this crisis period.

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December 29, 2008 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services A U.S. Army War College report warns an economic crisis in the United States could lead to massive civil unrest and the need to call on the military to restore order.

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Why China Is Silencing Internal Victims Of Tainted Milk

China's government is doing its best to silence the internal victims of the melamine-tainted milk scandal, most notably by putting serious pressure on lawyers representing the families whose children have died from ingesting it to resign from the case.

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The waves of social discontent and insurgency in Asia's rising powers place them at the centre of questions about the world's dominant economic orthodoxy.

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Food protests and riots have swept more than 20 countries in the past few months, including Egypt.

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Bypassing the authority of the Toledo mayor to exercise civilian authority over the military constitutes an attack on basic democratic rights, an attack that must be understood within the context of the utilization of the "war on terror" as a pretext for imposing draconian ec …

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Digg.com users rebel. Will Newsvine users follow?

Over at Digg.com this afternoon there's some social unrest in the social media world. You've probably read stories about how a relatively small percentage of Digg.com users are responsible for the majority of the popular posts that people see on the first few pages.

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-- Police have occupied a college campus in central China after riots involving thousands of students, reports said. Students at the college, in Henan province, were angry at the college's move to award less prestigious diplomas, local media said.

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China's income gap reaches dangerous point according to internationally accepted measure.

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